Houston Yeager

Houston Yeager, Jr, 68, longtime Seminole, Oklahoma resident and Law Enforcement Officer, passed away, Saturday, November 30, 2019, in Seminole, Oklahoma. Houston was born October 12, 1951 at Talihina, Oklahoma, to Houston Yeager, Sr. and Senora Mae (Larney) Yeager. Houston made his career in Law Enforcement and was a retired Sheriff from Hughes County. He was currently employed with The Seminole State College Police Force in Seminole, Oklahoma. Houston was a proud member of the Seminole Nation of Oklahoma and a member of the Nazarene Church in Holdenville, Oklahoma. Houston enjoyed gardening, mowing,doing mechanic work, spending time with his grandchildren and going to concerts. Houston is survived by his two sons; Dylan Yeager and his wife Leslie Taylor of Ada, Oklahoma and Houston Carter Yeager and his wife Michelle of Tulsa, Oklahoma, one daughter Bryanna Carlton and her husband Bradley of Calvin Oklahoma, two brothers James Yeager and his wife Gwineth Yeager of Fort Worth, Texas, and Richard Yeager and his wife Connie of Enid, Oklahoma., seven grandchildren; Vance Yeager, Aubrey Yeager, Nicolas Yeager, Isaiah Carroll, Maelei Carroll, Austen Guajardo, and Monica Guajardo and several nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his mother;Senora Yeager, Father;Houston “Doc” Yeager, maternal grandparents; Jonah Larney and Mary Larney and paternal grandmother Molly Yeager. Family will receive friends and family at a visitation on Tuesday, December 3, 2019 from 6-8 P.M. at the Swearingen Funeral Home Chapel. Funeral Services will be held at 10:00 A.M., on Wednesday, December 4, 2019 at the First Baptist Church in Holdenville, Oklahoma at 324 North Broadway, Holdenville, Oklahoma, with Dane Robinson and Bill Robinson. Burial will be at the Hitchitee Cemetery, northeast of Seminole, Oklahoma. Casket bearers will be Tommie Nicholson, Rick Amos, Marcia Maxwell, Ryan Amos, Russell “Bo” Amos and Evan Lee. Honorary bearers will be Vance Yeager, Nicolas Yeager, Isaiah Carroll, Austen Guajardo, Michael Yeager, Dustin “Cody” Yeager, Hughes County Sheriff’s Office and the Seminole State College Police Department. In Lieu of Flowers donations can be made to the Salvation Army in memory of Houston Yeager, Jr. Funeral Services are under the direction of Swearingen Funeral Home in Seminole, Oklahoma.   Funeral Information: December 4, 2019, 10:00 AM First Baptist Church at 324 North Broadway in Holdenville, Oklahoma located at Holdenville, Oklahoma, OK 74848